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CPSC, Baseline Design Recall Bean Bag Chair Following Death

Published: December 1, 1994Recall ID: 95038Category: generalCountry: US

Reason for Recall / Hazard

Suffocation

Product Description & Identification

December 1, 1994 Release # 95-038 WASHINGTON, D.C. - CPSC, Baseline Design Division of Crain Industries Inc. of Fort Smith, Ark., is voluntarily recalling about 2.5 million bean bag chairs sold nationwide in retail stores from 1990 through 1994. Young children and toddlers can suffocate from inhaling the small pellets of foam filling, if they unzip the bean bag chair.On September 11, 1994, a 19-month-old toddler of Unionville, Mo., reportedly unzipped the bean bag chair, crawled inside, and suffocated from inhaling the foam filling pellets. Baseline received one other report of a 2 1/2-year-old girl from El Paso, Texas, who survived after inhaling and ingesting the foam pellets, when her older brother reportedly zipped the bean bag chair closed with the child inside.The recalled chairs sold for about $20.00 at stores such as Walmart, Kmart, Lillian Vernon, and Target. The bean bag, which is meant for adult use, comes in a variety of colors, patterns, and fabrics.Consumers should stop using these chairs and keep them away from young children. Consumers who find the manufacturer Base Line Design printed on the label of their bean bag chair can call 800-497-3626, ext. 2997 for instructions on returning the bean bag chair free-of-charge to Base Line Design to have the hazard eliminated by retrofitting the chair

Affected Products

Base Line Design bean bag chairs

Additional Source Details

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U R Lhttps://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/1995/CPSC-Baseline-Design-Recall-Bean-Bag-Chair-Following-Death
TitleCPSC, Baseline Design Recall Bean Bag Chair Following Death
Hazards › NameSuffocation
Products › 1 › TypeBean Bag Chairs
Products › 1 › Category I D1847
Products › 2 › NameBase Line Design bean bag chairs
Recall I D5609
Recall Date1994-12-01T00:00:00
DescriptionDecember 1, 1994 Release # 95-038 WASHINGTON, D.C. - CPSC, Baseline Design Division of Crain Industries Inc. of Fort Smith, Ark., is voluntarily recalling about 2.5 million bean bag chairs sold nationwide in retail stores from 1990 through 1994. Young children and toddlers can suffocate from inhaling the small pellets of foam filling, if they unzip the bean bag chair.On September 11, 1994, a 19-month-old toddler of Unionville, Mo., reportedly unzipped the bean bag chair, crawled inside, and suffocated from inhaling the foam filling pellets. Baseline received one other report of a 2 1/2-year-old girl from El Paso, Texas, who survived after inhaling and ingesting the foam pellets, when her older brother reportedly zipped the bean bag chair closed with the child inside.The recalled chairs sold for about $20.00 at stores such as Walmart, Kmart, Lillian Vernon, and Target. The bean bag, which is meant for adult use, comes in a variety of colors, patterns, and fabrics.Consumers should stop using these chairs and keep them away from young children. Consumers who find the manufacturer Base Line Design printed on the label of their bean bag chair can call 800-497-3626, ext. 2997 for instructions on returning the bean bag chair free-of-charge to Base Line Design to have the hazard eliminated by retrofitting the chair
Recall Number95038
Manufacturers › 1 › NameCrain Industries
Manufacturers › 2 › NameWal-Mart
Manufacturers › 3 › NameKmart
Manufacturers › 4 › NameTarget
Manufacturers › 5 › NameLillian Vernon
Manufacturers › 6 › NameBaseline Design
Last Publish Date2015-02-20T00:00:00

Overview

  • Recalling FirmCrain Industries, Wal-Mart, Kmart, Target, Lillian Vernon, Baseline Design
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